[Advaita-l] [advaitin] A talk in Sanskrit on 'Darkness is material' (bhAvarUpa)

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 4:20 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Subbu ji.
>
> The learned speaker says at the beginning:  All three schools of Vedanta
>> agree upon this.  The Naiyayika does not; he has the view:  It is absence
>> of light.
>>
>
> Indeed. The MAdhvAs too agree. They say - प्रकाशविनाश्यो अन्धकारः। न तु
> तेजोऽभावः। चक्रादिच्छेद्यत्वात्। ब्रह्मणा
> पीयमानत्वात्-आवरणत्वात्-स्वातंत्र्येण-उपलभ्यमानत्वाच्च।
>
> Advaita agrees on आवरणत्वात् and स्वातंत्र्येण-उपलभ्यमानत्वात्.
>
> Bhaskar ji.
>
> //By the way just curious to know what exactly the difference between
> dravyatvaM of the darkness in the room and dravyatvaM of the bench or table
> in the room or dark room?? //
>
> There is panchIkaraNa for table/bench. No such panchIkaraNa for darkness.
>
> // Is this dravyatvaM of darkness is an epistemological concept or an
> ontological entity??//
>
> As much ontological as bench/table.
>
> // I am sorry not clear yet to attribute material existence to the
> prakAsha abhAva.//
>
> The bhAvarUpa-tva of darkness is proved by following anumAna:
>
> तमः शब्द वाच्यो नाभावः,
> स्वमात्रवृत्तिधर्मप्रकारकप्रतियोगिज्ञानाजन्यप्रत्यक्षविषयत्वाद्, घटवत्।
>
> Either refute the anumAna, or accept! There is no third choice.
>

In fact the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, in the Antaryami Brahmana lists
tamas, darkness, as an entity in which Brahman resides and causes tamas's
body mind organs complex to function:

Sureshwaracharya too agrees.

यस्तमसि तिष्ठंस्तमसोऽन्तरो यं तमो न वेद यस्य तमः शरीरं यस्तमोऽन्तरो
यमयत्येष त आत्मान्तर्याम्यमृतः ॥ १३ ॥
warm regards
subbu


>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>
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